Mechanism for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms



June 25, 1935 F, BETTER 2,005,755

MECHANISM FOR USE IN APPLYING PRESSURE TO SHOE BOTTOMS Original Filed Aug. 2, 1955 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Fig.1. 11I

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MECHANISM FOR USE IN APPLYING PRESSURE TO SHOE BOTTOMS Original Filed Aug. 2, 193:5 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented June 25, 1935 PATENT OFFICE.-

MECHANISM Foe-Toss IN APPLYING PRES- sons'ro snoE Bo'r'roMs Francis J. Better, Beverly, Mass, assignor to United Shoe Machinery Corporation, Paterson, N. J., a corporation of New Jersey Application'August 2, 1933, Serial No.683,353

Renewed October 24, .1934

13 Claims;

This invention relates to improvements in ma: chines for applying pressure to shoe bottoms and isillustratedherein as embodied in a machine for cement attaching soles as, forexample, in

a the manufacture of compo shoes. r

It; is an object of the invention to provide improved means for positioning a shoe and solerelatively to each other, for example as a preliminary to the application of sole attaching or. sole laying pressure. v

In accordance with the foregoing a feature of the invention comprises an improved pad box structure including means movable into position over av pad for applying pressure to a sole and shoe positioned on the pad, a pair of solepositioning fingers or gages, and a separate pair of. shoe positioning gages, both pairs of gages being carried by a bracket mounted on the pad box with which the gages are to cooperate and'arranged for heightwise adjustment relatively thereto. As illustrated herein and in accordance with another feature of the invention the fingers orgages are supported on the bracket by means .of a slide arranged for adjustment lengthwise of thepad box, said gages being arranged to pivot, on the slide about an axis extending transversely of the pad box. By this arrangement thegages may be adjusted heightwise for operating on shoes having different heel heights and may also be ad-.

ferent sizes.

. In accordance with still another feature of the invention the sole and shoe gages of. the illustrated construction are operated by movement of the pressure applying means into operative position over the pad thereby insuring that the sole and shoe will be positioned relatively to'each other on the pad before the application of sole attaching pressure. 5 With the above and other objects andfeatures in view the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, v Fig. l is a plan View of the heel portionof a pad box embodying my invention and including gage mechanism for positioning theheel end portions of a shoe and sole relatively to each other on the pad;

Fig. 2 isa longitudinal sectional view of the gage mechanism of Fig. 1 taken substantially on the line II-II of Fig. 1 and showing adjacent portions of the pad box in elevation; H v Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the ,gagemechae justed lengthwise to accommodate shoes ofdifhas a rearwardly extending portion 24 which (01. 1 2-33) nism on the line III-HI of Fig. 1, on a smaller scale than Fig 1; g r Fig.4 is an elevational view of a pad box embodyingmy invention, looking toward the heel end'of a shoe on the pad, and illustrating also '5 parts of mechanism for applying pressure toa shoe and sole on apad; a

'Fig. 5 is a perspective view partly in section showing particularly the gage fingers for positioning the heel end portion of asole upon the 10 pad, together with portions of the operating mechanism for those fingers and for the corre-T spending shoe positioningfingers; 1

Fig. 6 is a perspective view on a smaller scale of the end portion ofa pad box provided with the gageimechanism of the present invention and illustrating also some of the connections for op crating said mechanism;

Fig. 7 is an-exploded' view on a larger scale of means for adjusting one set of gage fingers'relatively to the other set; Fig. 8 is a View of a portion of the gage operating mechanism, shown also in Figs. 4 and 6, but on'an enlarged scale; and I Fig. 9 illustrates a, portion of the operating connections for the sole positioning gages. 'My: invention is illustrated herein as embodiedin a cement sole attaching machine of the type disclosed in an application for Letters Patent of theUnited States Serial No. 636,202, filed October4, 1932, in the name of Milton H. Ballard et a1. Accordingly, the pad box B is shown as carried by the forwardly projecting portion of a 'shelf or bracket I6 '(Fig. .4) which projects radially of the rotary turretof the machine. The right-hand end (as viewed in Fig. 2) of the pad box B is pro-- vided with vertical guideways in Whicha slide I 1 carrying 'an'outwardly extending bracket I8 is mounted for vertical sliding movement, theslide l1 and bracket l8 being maintained in their uppermost positionswhen the pad box is idle by a pair of compression springs I9 housed in the slide Hand supported at their lowerends by a second bracket-2ll which is secured by bolts 22 to the end of the pad. box B. The shank of a screw 23; threaded through a lug 25 formed on the slide l1- and held in adjusted position by a set-screw 21- (Figs. 4 and 6), passes loosely'throughthe lower part of the bracket 20 whereby the head'of thescrew 23, by engagement with the bracket 20, lim its the upward movement of the slide I! under the influence of the springs l9. Therefore, the screw 23 serves as an adjustable stop. The bracket 20 serves .tosupport the fulcrum 26 of a bell crank their pivots.

spring I80 is housed in the lower portion of the lever 28 which forms part of the mechanism for operating the heel end gages now to be described. The pad box B is provided with mechanism for positioning the heel end of a sole and shoe. on the pad, such mechanism being spring actuated under control of the bell crank lever 28. This mechanism comprises a pairfof sole engaging fingers of three approximately horizontal castings I60,

200, 202'secured one upon another by cap screws 204, the casting I being pivoted atI62 we support I64 mounted for sliding movement lengthwise position by a hand screw I06 passing through a. slot I68 in the bracket I8 and threaded into the casting, I64. The castings I60, 200, 202 are'normally held in adjusted position with respect to the pivot I62 by the cooperation of an:.adj ustable stop screw I10 (Fig. 2) and a compression spring I12, which latter tends to rockthe casting I60 a counterclockwise direction, as viewedin Fig: 2,- the adjustment being such as to provide a small clearance between the end portions of the sole .en-' gaging fingers 150,151 and a plate or shelf I secured to the upper end of the slide I1 and under- 1 lying and supporting-the extreme end portionof thesole of ,a-shoe operatively positioned on the pad, as shown in Fig. 2. The adjustment lengthwise of the pad provided by the screw and slot, I 66, I58, together with theI'spring-controlled rocking 1 movement about the pivot I 62 and the springscontrolled heightwise-movement of the bracket I8 resulting fromits mounting onthe springs I0 permit the casting I60 to be eife'ctively'positioned as may be necessary or desirable in accordance with the varying characteristics of different shoes which are to be operated upon.

When the sole attaching pressure is applied the sole of the shoe sinkssomewhat into the pad'P,

causing downward movement of the slide Hand 3 the bracketI 8, by reason of the engagement of the plate I65 with thesole of the shoe,.th'.is movementv being permitted by compression of the springs I8. Thus the carrier 60, 200, 202, and the gage fingers I50, I5I, I52, I53, move downwardly so thatthe 1 relation of the shoe and sole to the gages is not disturbed. If, however, the sole engaging face of a the pad should be deformed in such a-manner as to prevent downward movement of the sole engaging fingers I50, I5I to the same extent as'the 55 downward movement of the sole of the shoe, then the carrier I60, 200, 202 will rock Ina-clockwise direction, asviewed in Fig. 2,.about its pivot I62, thereby compressing the spring I12 which,.however, will return the carrier toits normal position with the stop screw I10 in engagement with the slide I64 when released.

. The sole engaging fingers. I50, I5I are pivoted at I58, I59 to the'casting200, as shown in Fig. 3. An extension of the finger I5I carries beneath its lower surface a roll I14 (Figs. 3 and 5) located in an inclined cam slotz'llIi formed in'a slide member I18 mounted for forward and rearward movement, that is movement'substantially toward and casting I60, bearingat one end against that cast- 304 (Figs. 1 and 9). of the pad on the bracket I8 and held in adjusted g the sole attaching pressure is ing and at the other end against the slide I18 so that it tends to move the slide I 18 rearwardly, thereby swinging the sole engaging ends of the fingers I50, I5I toward each other into engagement with a sole (indicated at S in broken lines in Fig. 1). When the pad'P is at rest and idle at the operating station, however, the spring I is held 'under compression'withthe slide I18 in its forward position so that the fingers I50, I5I are positioned with their sole engaging ends separated and inoperative. The slide I18 is moved to that position by means of a roll I82 mountedupon the end of the bell crank lever 28, theother arm of which is connected by a link I84 to the end of l the upwardly extending arm of a bell crank lever Thus, when the treadle 300, which is connected to the lever 324, is depressed, the roll I82 is withdrawn to the position 7 shown in Fig. 1 and the sole engaging ends of the fingers I50, I5I are moved toward each other and into engagement withthe sole S by the spring I80. Later in. the operation of the machine,

after the shoe and sole have been positioned upon the pad P, the roll I82 is movedforwardly, po

sitively engaging the slide I18 and forcing it for-v wardly so that thegage fingers I50, I5 I are out of engagement with the sole.

The shoe engagingfingers I52, I53 arelocated approximatelyabove the sole engaging "fingers I 50, I5I, and like the latter areprovided with interengaging gear segments to maintain the fingers properly centralized. These shoe engaging fingers are pivoted at I00, I9I toa slide I02 normally secured to the casting 200 by afriction clamp including'an adjusting lever I06 bystheadjustment of which (as hereinafter more fully described) the line with respect to which the shoe moved engaging fingers I52, I53 are centralized may be adjusted transversely of the pad relatively to the line with respect to which the sole engaging fingers I50; I5I are centralized so as to compensate for the unsymmetrical shape of the heel oted at 222 to a forwardly and-rearwardly swinging frame member 224 forming a part of the machine disclosed in' said application Serial No. 636,202 and which, when the pressure is to be applied to a shoe and soleon the pad, is swung forward manually, to the left as viewed in Fig. 4, by means of a. handle 226 graspedby the operator.

'When a shoe is being heldunder pressure on the pad P the arm 220 occupies the position illustrated in Fig. 4. When, however, a pad reaches the station at which the pressure is released, the upper end of the frame member 224 swings rear wardly' (to the right in Fig. 4) and the arm 220 is latched to the frame member 224, as illustrated in Fig. 8. s For this purpose a latch lever'230 is pivoted at 232 to the frame member 224, being urged in a counter-clockwise direction, as viewed in Figs. 4 and 8, by a tension spring 234 anchored at one end to an end of the latch lever 230 and at the other end to the frame member- 224, as shown in The other end of the latch lever 230 is provided with an'angular detent 236, preferably a hardened 'metal block, arranged to be received in a notch 238formed in a lug 240 projecting from the arm 220. Anadjustable screw 221, threaded through a -projec-" tion on the latch lever and arranged to engage the frame member 224, serves to limit counterclockwise movement of the latch lever relatively to the frame member. Thus, when the arm'224 is moved forwardly with the latch in the condition shown in Fig. 8, the shoe engaging'fingers I52, I53 move toward each other until they reach the shoe which has been positienedon the sole S and centralize it with respect .to the sole. After this the resistance to further forward movement of therod 2 I 6 is sufficient to force the notch 238 rearwardly over the end of the detent 236, releasing the latch mechanism-(a-s shown in- Fig. 4) and permitting the frame 224 to be pulled for ward if necessary without causing the fingers I52, I53 to exert undue pressure on the shoe.

After the latch mechanism is released and the rod 2I6 is disconnected from the frame member 224, the shoe engaging fingers I52, I53 are held against the shoe only by the position of the slide" 2I2. While the fingers cannot'be forced'away from the shoe owing to the angle of inclination of the slot 2I0 in which the roll 208 is located (this angle being such that the fingers are locked against opening movement) nevertheless, if there should be some slight displacement of the shoe relatively to the sole, for example, if the shoe should move forwardly a bit before the "pressure is actually applied, the frame member cannot move the slide farther forwardly to bringthe fingers again into engagement with the shoe. I In order, therefore, .to keep the shoe positioning fingers bearing against the shoe even if some slight movement of the shoe takes place after the latch mechanism is released'but before pressure is applied to the shoe, a tension spring 250 (Figs. 2 and 4) is provided, one end of which is secured to the inner end of the slide 2I2 and the other end to the casting 202. The action of the spring 250 is to urge the slide 2I2 forwardly or toward the operator and thus tend to hold both fingers against the sides of the shoe.

The shoe engaging fingers are withdrawn from the shoe, after it has been centralized with respect to the sole and the latch released, in the following manner. When the pad reaches that station of the machine just in advance of the operating station the pressure on the shoe and sole is released, thus allowing the frame member 224 to be swung out of position over the shoe and moved rearwardly into inoperative position, this being effected by mechanism fully described in the Ballard application previously referred to. As the frame member swings rearwardly intoinoperative position the tension spring 250 operates to hold the slide member-2I2 forwardly so that the fingers I52, I53 will be held against the shoe to cause the arm 220 on the frame member to be moved forwardly from the position shown in Fig. 4 untilthe notch 238 is engaged by the detent 236 on the latch lever 230, thus connecting the slide member 2 I2 again to the frame memher 224. Further rearward movement of the frame member carries the slide 2I2 rearwardly against the tension of the spring 250 and moves the gages I52, I53 away from the shoe into their open or inoperative position.

It should be understood, of course, that the frame 224 is provided with suitable abutments,

gaging the shoe and last and that these abutments are forced downwardly to apply sole attaching pressure by mechanism which may be of the character disclosed in said application Serial No. 636,202.

The mechanism for adjusting the slide I92 relatively to the casting 200 is best shown in the eX- ploded'view of Fig. 7 As shown in that view the slide I92 is provided with a T-shaped slot 400. The casting 200 is provided with a slot 402 underlying the bar of the T slot 400 and somewhat greater in length than the bar of the T slot. A block 404 is secured to the casting 200 by a screwand-slot connection 406 which is used primarily asa setting up adjustment. The block 404 is provided with a tapered hole 408 serving as a seat for a hub- 4I0 formed on the adjusting lever I96. A crank pin 4I2 projects from the hub 4I0 into the upright 4I4 of the T slot 400 so that when the lever I96 is 'rockedthe slide I92 will be moved lengthwise relatively to the casting 200. In order one of which is indicated at A in'Fig. 4,for en to prevent the lever I96 from escaping, the shank of a screw 4I6'passes througha hole bored in the hub 4I0 and through the slot 402; being provided at its lower end with a'nut 4I8 bearing against a plate 4I9 (Fig. 3) underlying the casting 200. To provide suitable friction so that the slide I92 will remain in adjusted position a'spring- 420 surrounding the shank of the'screw M6 is housed in the hub 4 I 0, the lower end of the spring bearing against a flange formed at the bottom of the hub M0 and the upper end of the spring bearing against a washer 422 underlying the head of the screw 4I6. By means of this construction it will be seen that the friction between the slide I92 and thecasting 200 may be adjusted by turning the screw 4I6 further or not so far through the nut 4I8, thereby compressing the spring 420 to a greater or less extent. 2

It now remains to describe the mechanism for controlling the sole gages I50, I5I For this purpose the bell crank lever 28, counter-clockwise movement of which (as viewed in Fig. 1) permits the compression spring I80 to move the sole positioning'gage members I50, I5I into operative position, is operated, when the pad is at the operating station of the machine, by the depression of the foot treadle 300 (Fig. 9). As already pointed out, the left-hand end of the link I84 is connected at 302 to the upper end of the bell crank lever 304. This lever 304 is fulcrumed at 306 to a suitable part of the rotating frame of the machine; A

tension spring 308, anchored at 3I0 to the upstanding arm of the bell crank lever 304 and at 3I2 to the frame of the machine, urges thebell crank lever 304 in a clockwise direction, as viewed in Fig. 9, until an adjustable stop 3I4 carried by the lever 304 engages a stationary abutment 3I6. Thus the spring 308 tends to retract the roll I82 from engagement with the slide I'I8.

A rod 320 extends upwardly from the treadle 300 forwardly of the fulcrum of the treadle and. is pivoted at 322 to a lever 324 which is fulcrumed at 326 to a stationary cam track 328 adjacent to the operating station of the machine and in close proximity to the path of movementof the approximately horizontal arm 329 of the bell crank lever 304 as the pad moves into and from the operating station. A roll 330 carried by thearm 329 of the bell crank lever 304 rides along the cam track 328 as the pad reaches the operating station, rocking the lever 304 in a counter-clockwise direction, as viewed in Fig. 9 and thereby rocking thebell crank lever 28 in a clockwise direction, as

viewed in Fig 1, to move the slide I I8..forwardly thereby separating the sole engaging fingers I50, I5I and moving them from operative position. A movable cam track section 332'carried by'the lever 324 forms a continuation of the ,cam track 328 and is so positioned that the turret of the machine comes to rest with the roll 3360f the appropriate bell crank lever 364 upon the cam track section 332. With the parts in this position, the bell crank lever 304 has beenrocked in a counter-clockwise direction from the position shown in Fig. 9 so that the roll I82. carried by the bell crank lever has been moved to force the slide I'lB forwardly and withdraw the-sole engaging fingers I58, I5I. After the shoe previously operatedon hasbeen removed and a suitably prepared sole has been placed upon the pad with its heel portion between the gage fingers I50, I5 I, the operator depresses the treadle thereby moving the cam track section 324' downwardly.

This permits the lever 364 to rock in a clockwise direction to the position shown in Fig. 9 under the tension ofthe spring 388, thereby rocking the bell crank lever 28 in a counter-clockwise direction to permit the spring I86 to expand thus urging the sole engaging fingers. I 56, I5I into engage ment with the sole on the pad. In order that it will not be necessary. for the operator to retain his foot upon the treadle 300, a latch lever 338 is fulcrumed at 346 to the cam track 328. The latch lever 338 is provided with a shoulder 342 engaging a hardened steel plate 344 secured to the lever 324 and is urged in a counter-clockwise direction,

as viewed in Fig. 9, by a tension spring 346. Thus when the treadle 366 is depressed the latch lever 338 is moved by the spring 346 until its shoulder 342 snaps past the end of the block 344, thereby latching the lever 324 in the position shown in Fig. 9. The operator may now remove his foot from the treadle 306. 7

After a shoe has been positioned upon the sole on the pad and the sole-attaching pressure applied, the turret rotating mechanism is operated, as disclosed in said application Serial No. 636,202, filed October 4, 1932, in the name of Ballard et al., and the bell crank lever 394 movesto the right as viewed in Fig. 9. In order to release the latch 342, thereby permitting the lever 324,130 rise, a cam roll- 356 is carried by the bell crank lever 3M, the axis of the roll 353 coinciding with the axis about which the bell crank lever 304 is fulcrumedr The upper side of the lever 324 has formed thereon, at its right-hand portion, as

viewed in Fig. 9, a convex cam surface which is vvinclined upwardly for about half its length and thenextends downwardly to the end of the lever.

of engagement with the cam surface on the lever,

324, permitting this lever to risegradually under the influence of a treadle spring 363. U

The lower end of the rod 326 is surrounded by a compression spring 360 bearing atits upper end against an abutment 362 and at its lower end against a suitablesurface formed on the treadle 300. The rod 3.26 passes through anopening; in

the treadle and is provided with an enlarged collar so that positive depressionof the rod by the roll 350 acting on the lever 324 will not positively. depress thetreadle but will depress ityieldingly through the spring 360; 'The' treadle is held normally in an elevated position -by the tension spring 363 which is secured at its lower, end to the treadle and at itsupper end to a lug on a stationary portion of the machine frame. The spring 360 provides a safety device which allows the treadle to stop at any point in its downward movement if, for example, the operators-foot should happen to be under the treadle as. the

latteris being forced downwardly by the rod'320, Having thus described; my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: v V V t p v 1. A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms providedwith a sole receiving pad, a bracket mounted on the pad box and arranged for adjustment 'heightwise of'the pad, a slide secured to said bracket and adjustable lengthwise of the pad, and sole; and shoe positioning gages carried by said slide and constructed and arranged to position a sole and shoe relatively to each other on the pad. t

I 2. A pad box'for use in applying-pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving. paid, a bracket mounted on the pad box and arranged for movement heightwisethereof, sole and shoe positionin gages carried by the bracket, said gages being arranged to rock about a horizontal axis extending transversely ofthe pad, and :a spring for rocking the gages about said axis toward the surface of the pad,

3. A pad box for. use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad, a bracket mounted on one end of the pad box and arranged for movement heightwisethere of, sole and shoe gages carried by said bracket and constructed andarranged to position a sole and shoe relatively to each other on the-pad, and compression springs for maintaining the bracket normally at the upper limit of its heightwise movement.

4. A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms providedwith a sole receiving pad,

.a bracket mounted on one end of the pad box and arranged for movement heightwise thereof, sole and shoe gages carried by said bracket and constructed and arranged to position a sole and shoe relatively to each otheron the pad, compression springs for maintaining I the bracket normally. at the upper limit of its heightwise" movement, and means for varying the amount of said heightwise movement. v l I d 5. A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad, a bracket mounted on one end of the pad box and arranged for sliding movement heightwise thereof, an adjustable stop for varying the amount of said slidingmovement, a slide mounted on said bracket and adjustable lengthwise of the pad, and sole and shoe positioning fingers pivoted to the slide and constructed and arranged to positiona sole-and shoe on the pad. V

6; A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad, a bracket mounted on the heel end of the pad box and arranged for adjustment heightwise thereof, a slide carried by the bracket and adjustable lengthwise of. the pad, sole and shoe positioning fingers pivotally mounted on the slide and arranged for movement about a horizontal axis extending widthwise ofthe pad, said fingers being constructed and arranged to position the heel ends of a sole and shoe relative to each other on the pad, a spring for moving said fingers about said horizontal axis in a. direction toward the surface of the pad, and a stop for limiting such movement, said spring acting also to permit the'fingers to yield about said axis in a direction away from the surface of the pad.

7. A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad, a bracket mounted on an end of the pad box, a slide fastened to the bracket and arranged for adjustment lengthwise of the pad, a carrier member pivoted to said slide about a horizontal axis extending transversely of the pad, sole and shoe gages carried by said carrier member and arranged to position a sole and shoe relatively to each other on the pad, a spring tending to urge the carrier member about its pivot in a direction to cause the ends of thegages to approach the surface of the pad, said spring also permitting the carrier member to yield in an opposite direction, and an adjustable stop for limiting movement of the gages in a direction toward the pad.

8. A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad, a bracket mounted on an end of the pad box and arranged for movement heightwise thereof, a carrier member secured to the bracket and adjustable lengthwise of the pad, a slide pivoted to the carrier member aboutan axis extending widthwise of the pad, sole and shoe gages pivoted on the slide and constructed and arranged to position a sole and shoe relatively to each other on the pad, a spring for urging the carrier member in a direction to cause the ends of the gages to approach the surface of the pad, a stop for limiting such movement, and springs for permitting the bracket to yield heightwise when pressure is applied to the sole and shoe so that the gages can maintain their initial heightwise positions relatively to the sole and shoe.

9. A machine for applying pressure to shoe bottoms having, in combination, a pad box, a pad in the pad bo-x constructed and arranged to receive a sole and shoe, means movable into position over the pad and cooperating therewith to apply pressure to a sole and shoe positioned on the pad, a bracket mounted on the pad box and movable heightwise thereof, a slide mounted on the bracket and adjustable lengthwise of the pad, a pair of gages movable toward and from each other carried by the slide, treadle controlled mechanism constructed and arranged to move the gages into engagement with the opposite edges of the sole of a shoe on the pad thereby to position the sole relatively to the pad, a second pair of gages carried by the slide and movable toward and from each other to position the shoe relatively to the sole which has been positioned on the pad, and connections controlled by the movement of the pressure applying means into operative position to operate the shoe positioning gages thereby to position the shoe relatively to the sole.

10. A machine for applying pressure to shoe bottoms having, in combination, a pad box, a sole and shoe receiving pad in the pad box, an

upwardly extending pivotally mounted frame adjacent to the pad box, means carried by said frame and movable into operative position over the pad by forward swinging movement of the frame to engage a shoe on the pad and thereafter to apply pressure to the shoe, a bracket mounted on the pad box and arranged for adjustment heightwise of the pad, a slide secured to said bracket and adjustable lengthwise of the pad, a carrier member pivoted on the slide, an abutment at one end of the carrier member for engaging the slide, a spring tending to rock the carrier member about its pivot to hold the abutment against the slide, a pair of gages on the carrier member arranged for movement toward and from each other to position ashoe on the pad, and connections between the swinging frame and the gages such that forward swinging movement of the frame brings the gages into engagement with the shoe, thereby positioning the shoe on the pad.

11. A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad, a bracket mounted on the pad box and arranged for adjustment heightwise of the pad, a slide secured to said bracket and adjustable lengthwise of the pad, a gage carrier pivoted to said slide, sole and shoe positioning gages carried by said carrier and constructed and arranged to position asole and shoe relatively to each other on the pad, a spring tending to rock said gage carrier about its pivot in a direction to cause,

the sole positioning gages to approach the sur-- face of the pad, and a stop arranged to limit the rocking movement of the gage carrier under the shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad,

a bracket mounted on the pad box and arranged for adjustment heightwise of a shoe upon the pad, a gage carrier mounted for pivotal movement on said bracket, sole and shoe positioning gages carried by said carrier and constructed and arranged to position a sole and shoe relatively to each other on the pad, aspring tending to rock said gage carrier about its pivot in a direction to cause the sole positioning gages to approach the surface of the pad, and a stop arranged to limit the rocking movement of the gage carrier under the influence of its spring.

13; A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad, a bracket mounted on an end of the pad box and arranged for sliding movement heightwise of the pad, a spring tending to elevate the bracket, a stop limiting the upward movement of the bracket under the influence of the spring, a slide secured to said bracket and adjustable lengthwise of the pad, a gage carrier pivoted to said slide, sole and shoe positioning gages carried by said carrier and constructed and arranged to position a sole and shoe relatively to I each other on the pad, a spring tending to rock said gage carrier about its pivot in a direction to cause the sole positioning gages to approach the surface of the pad, and an adjustable stop arranged to limit the rocking movement of the gage carrier under the influence of its spring.

FRANCIS J. BETTER. 

